Wedding bells for Bhagwant Mann! Punjab CM gets married today for second time

In a private ceremony, the chief minister got married to Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who belongs to Pehowa in Haryana's Kurukshetra. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal attended the wedding, which was a close-knit affair

Chandigarh: It's a special day for Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who tied the nuptial knot for the second time today (Thursday, July 7). The 48-year-old CM separated from his first wife in 2015 and he has two children from his first marriage. Only family members, including Mann's mother, sister, relatives, and a few guests attended the wedding. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal was in attendance and was the party's Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha. Sources said that this marriage is an arranged one.

"The chief minister is getting married in a private ceremony. He will tie the knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who belongs to Pehowa in Haryana's Kurukshetra," AAP's Punjab unit chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang had told PTI over the phone  a day earlier on Wednesday. 

Visuals from the wedding ceremony of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann who tied the knot with Dr Gurpeet Kaur in a close-knit ceremony in Chandigarh this afternoon pic.twitter.com/sADeugQ7fg

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State ministers Harjot Bains and Aman Arora as well as the party's senior leader Raghav Chadha congratulated Mann on Twitter. "Wishing my Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Ji a very happy and blessed married life ahead. I wish them both a lifetime of love, respect and companionship," Bains said. Arora congratulated Mann for starting married life and wished "both a life full of happiness, joy, love, prosperity, health and companionship. May the almighty shower His blessings on both of you".

Senior AAP leader Raghav Chadha gave his best wishes to Mann and his would-be wife. "Best wishes to my 'vadde veer' (elder brother) Mann Saab and Dr Gurpreet Kaur for a happy and blessed married life," tweeted Chadha, who is a Rajya Sabha MP.

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring also congratulated Mann as he starts a "new chapter in his life". "My heartiest congratulations to the CM Bhagwant Mann Ji as he starts a new chapter in his life tomorrow. Best wishes for a happy and blissful married life ahead," he tweeted.

Mann's 21-year-old daughter Seerat and 17-year-old son Dilshan from his first marriage had flown in from the US for the ceremony when he took oath as Punjab chief minister in March. Bhagwant Mann had taken oath on March 16 as Punjab chief minister at a ceremony held in freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's village Khatkar Kalan village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district. AAP had stormed to power in Punjab earlier this year winning 92 of the 117-Assembly seats.

Who is Dr Gurpreet Kaur, Bhagwant Mann's soon-to-be wife?

Dr Gurpreet Kaur belongs to Pehowa in Haryana's Kurukshetra and according to news reports, Dr Kaur has completed her MBBS from Maharishi Markandeshwar University at Mullana (district Ambala) in Haryana in 2018. She is currently working as a physician, as per news reports. In a TV interview, Raghav Chaddha said that Dr Kaur had campaigned for AAP earlier.